According to many surveys, most adults fear speaking in public more than anything else. Some claim they’d rather die! But teens who avoid the spotlight are scolded for being “melodramatic,” and “overly emotional” for not wanting to “bomb onstage.” While it’s probably true that teen hormones are …
Education
WHAT WE DON’T TEACH TEENS
PBS WORLD channel is a trove of valuable Indie films. But a recently featured one on education called “The Pushouts” really troubled me. Filmed primarily in L.A. over 25 years, with students who left high school to seek sanctuary in gang memberships before being recruited into a program YO!Watts in …
STOP TORTURING TEENS – REDESIGN SCHOOLS & JOBS
More and more commentators, along with the parents of most students, believe education’s primary goal is preparing students for the workforce, beginning in kindergarten and accelerating in pressure and expense each year. Whether or not you agree with this goal, we need to question not only how …
NEW AGE BLASPHEMY: LIFE STYLES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS REVISITED
One of the most popular marketing strategies currently assumes widespread allegiance to something called “The Law of Attraction.” It’s based on the new age belief that we personally determine our wealth or poverty. I grew up in the heart of “The Bible Belt,” granddaughter of a popular evangelist …
LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY – NOT!
Almost every page of Democracy in Chains, Nancy MacLean’s remarkable book/exposé about the stealth plan to disrupt current politics by privatizing Social Security, Medicare, and education makes my head spin. But I keep plodding along, morbidly fascinated by how much of today's evil can be traced …
